Background Few small studies have described hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) occurring
in patients with COVID-19. Research Question What characteristics in critically ill patients …

Background During the intensive care units'(ICUs) reorganization that was forced by the
COVID-19 emergency, attention to traditional infection control measures may have been …

The primary objective of this multicenter, observational, retrospective study was to assess
the incidence rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in coronavirus disease 2019 …

Background Patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at
increased risk of health care–associated infections (HAIs), especially with prolonged …

Introduction Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) after viral illnesses are important
sources of morbidity and mortality. This has not been extensively studied in hospitalized …

Rationale: Patients with a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection are at higher risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and may have an …

To the Editor—We read with great interest the article by Rawson et al recently published in
this journal [1]. In this article, the authors described low rates of pulmonary bacterial …

Objectives SARS-CoV-2 may cause acute lung injury, and secondary infections are thus
relevant complications in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. However, detailed information …

Covid-19 patients who require mechanical ventilation for ARDS have a high risk (> 50%) of
developing VAP, most commonly because of Gram-negative bacteria. Further work is …

OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the epidemiology of ventilator-acquired pneumonia
among coronavirus disease 2019 patients such as incidence or etiological agents. Some …